A series of three programmes introduced by Cecil Clutton
Organ played by Andre Marchal
Recorded in collaboration with Radiodiffusion-Télévision Francaise

A romance in commonplace by LOUIS MACNEICE Michael Aldridge
Mary Wimbush
Harold Lang , Christine Finn in a new production of the programme first broadcast in 1952 Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Production by Louis MacNeice
: second broadcast

Trio of Cologne
Max Rostal (violin)
Gaspar Cassado (cello) Heinz Schrbter (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Rudolf Schwarz
PART 1

DENIS STEVENS introduces and reads some of the recently published letters, collected, edited, and translated by EMILY ANDERSON.
First of two programmes

PART 2

A group of talks on l'esprit laїc
5: Church and Laity by B. S. Manning
Lecturer in History in the University of Manchester
The layman took control of the church and created the profession of a clergy-man. English society discovered a new secular spirit and secular aspirations.
Last of five talks

by ROSSINI
Joan Carlyle (soprano)
Josephine Veasey (contralto)
John Lanigan (tenor)
Michael Langdon (bass)
Edward Downes (piano)
Robert Keys (piano)
L'invito; La promessa; La partenza La pesca; La danza
11 rimprovero; La serenata La gita in gondola; L'orgia La pastorelia delle Alpi La regata veneziana
Recorded at a concert given on September 1 in Leith Town Hall, during the Edinburgh International Festival